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Synopsis: In 1939 a teenaged science prodigy is summoned to the Smithsonian and becomes involved in a scheme to change history. Combining themes from his American history novels with those from what Vidal calls his "inventions" ("Myra Breckinridge; Live from Golgotha"), "The Smithsonian Institution" presents a tour de force of outrageous satire and social commentary, seriousness and high spirits, autobiography and reportage, science fiction and historical romance, full of quintessentially Vidalian jokes Print ads. Author publicity (General Fiction) .

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Gore Vidal was born in 1925 at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is the author of many books including Julian, Washington, D.C., and Myra Breckenridge. His collected essays, United States, won the National Book Award in 1993. He lives in Italy.

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